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Where does “là” come from?

là (French) comes from Italian là, from Spanish la, from Portuguese lá, from German a, from German a-Moll, from Hungarian a, from French à, from English avie — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

là (French): there; here, present

Definitions

  1. there; here, present

Ancestry of “là”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianlàthere
2Spanishlathe; accusative of ella, ello , and usted ; her,...
3Portugueseláthere; used with an adverb phrase to indicate...
4GermanaAlternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;...
5Germana-MollA-minor
6Hungarianathe; this; that
7Frenchàto; on the, to; at
8Englishavieemulously
9Frenchenviedesire, lust, urge; appetite, craving; envy
10Latininvidiaenvy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an...
11Latininvidusenvious; hostile, inimical
12Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
13Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us
14Proto-Italic-os—
15Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Words derived from “là”

  • celui-là
  • -là
  • ladé
  • là-bas
  • helaba
  • illac
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